BY DIANA SALESKY Clouded in myth and speculation, Mozart’s Requiem remains a veritable mystery to this day. The work was incomplete when Mozart died in 1791 and thus begat the centuries of confusion and controversy that were to follow.…
This Sunday: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Surveys the Operatic Works of Mozart
Cathedral Concert Series: “Mozart! An Operatic Feast” Amadeus Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Brian Salesky Sunday, February 5, at 6:00 PM Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 711 S. Northshore Drive Admission is FREE but Registration Here is Requested…
Review: KSO Delivers a Memorable “Mozart and Mahler”
By Alan Sherrod Mah•ler•i•an noun – an admirer of the Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler, or his work In a preface to the orchestra’s performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) this weekend, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra maestro…
KSO This Week: Pianist Fei-Fei Dong and Conductor Edwin Outwater in Mozart and Schumann
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Missy Mazzoli: Violent, Violent Sea Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (Fei-Fei Dong, pianist) Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 Guest conductor: Edwin Outwater Tennessee Theatre, 604 S.…
Preview: UT Opera Theatre Brings ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ to the Bijou This Weekend
University of Tennessee Opera Theatre: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Stage director: James Marvel Conductor: Kevin Class Friday, Saturday, Sunday—November 10, 11, 12 Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay Street Tickets Oh, to have been a fly…
This Weekend: KSO Chamber Orchestra Offers Mozart and Haydn
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Classics Series, “Mozart and Haydn” Conductor: James Fellenbaum • Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro • Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 with pianist Kevin Class •…
Sunday: Gabriel Lefkowitz Plays Mozart at the Bijou
This Sunday, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series features Gabriel Lefkowitz as soloist in Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216. Conductor James Fellenbaum will also lead the Chamber Orchestra in two works for strings, Britten’s ‘Simple Symphony’ and Antonín Dvořák’s Serenade for String Orchestra in E Major, Op. 22.
Review: Eckart Preu and KSO Masterful in February’s Masterworks
If anyone foolishly thought the selection process for finding the next music director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra was going to be an easy, or obvious one, the appearance this week of guest conductor Eckart Preu, the fourth of six…
KSO This Week: Mozart, Richard Strauss, Higdon, and Prokofiev
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts this week feature guest conductor Eckart Preu in works by Mozart, Prokofiev, Higdon, and Richard Strauss. Alon Goldstein will be the pianist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor.
Review: KSO’s ‘Mozart and More’ at the Bijou
If you’ve never been to a classical music concert at Knoxville’s Bijou Theatre, then any mention of the hall’s acoustic subtlety is virtually meaningless—and you probably aren’t reading this anyway. However, audiences that frequent the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Sunday afternoon…